Chalkboard Card for a Teacher Using Cricut Design Space with Karin

I made this adorable chalkboard card that you can use to give a special teacher a gift card.

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To make the card, I brought the files into Design Space by choosing Upload Image.
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I opened the image of the cutting file (JPG) in Preview on my Mac and just moved that window onto the screen next to the cutting file pieces so I could see the colours used in the original project. In this case, I loved the colours because they are nice and bright so I used all the same colours for my card. I even had a great piece of wood grain patterned paper.
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To change the colours of the components in Design Space, all I did was click the piece, that piece is highlighted in the Layers panel, then I clicked the scissors icon and then the colour I wanted for that piece.
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Here you can see that I changed the colour of these tabs to red.
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Before clicking Go, I selected the individual pieces by drawing a rectangle around them and then I right clicked and chose Attach. This is so that the little circular cuts and scoring lines stay in the right place on that particular piece.
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After I cut and assembled the pieces, I used some baker’s twine to string the banner pieces along.
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I put knots in the baker’s twine to attach the legs at the front and back.
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I just used my ATG gun to put adhesive on the back of the iTunes card and attached it to the back of the card.
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I stamped a sentiment on the front of the card. The You Rock stamp is from the Avery Elle Celebrate Stamp set. I used American Crafts Zing Embossing Powder in White Opaque Finish, my VersaMark watermark stamp pad and my Ranger Black Heat Tool for the sentiment.

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Be sure to go grab these great deals while you can. These offers will end at midnight!

There are specials in my SVG Shop as well! Don’t forget about the May Kit of the Month! If you spend $20 in the SVG Shop (in one transaction) you can get the Kit of the Month for free! Simply add the May Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. These would be perfect for Mom or a Teacher! Be sure to use Coupon Code: MAYKOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through May 31st!

(Your cart must reach at least $20.00 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)
 

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(Your cart must reach at least $3.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $1.99 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account.  Only one discount code per order allowed.)
 

 

Have a great day!

Silhouette Featured Artist!

I have some exciting news to share with you today! I am the featured artist over in the Silhouette Design Store this week! This means that Silhouette is giving away one of my new designs as their Free Shape of the Week! Take a peek…

This 5×7 Tiered Cake Gift Card Holder is perfect for many different occasions including birthdays and weddings! You can visit the Silhouette Blog to see a fantastic tutorial on how to make some creative cards with this file. Make sure to stop by the Silhouette Store and get your FREE gift card holder today ! You can see my entire portfolio in the Silhouette Store HERE!

Lori

Tuesday Freebie and New in Shop

ALL WEEK, this SVG file is FREE with any $1.99 purchase!

We have a FREE file with purchase all this week! Simply add this 3D Card Birthday file is to your shopping cart along with ANY $1.99+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE.  Be sure to use Coupon Code: BALLOONS (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through next Sunday.

(Your cart must reach at least $3.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $1.99 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account.  Only one discount code per order allowed.)

In addition, don’t forget about this special available the entire month of May! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) Simply add the May Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. These would be perfect for Mom or a Teacher! Be sure to use Coupon Code: MAYKOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through May 31st!

(Your cart must reach at least $20.00 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account.  Only one discount code per order allowed.)

 

Check out our awesome SVG files releasing this week! And, just like always, the NEW files are ON SALE 25% OFF through the weekend in the SVG Shop! These downloads include SVG files for sure and PNG or PDF files when appropriate. No coupon code necessary, the files are all discounted in the shop! Be sure to go get them while they are on SALE this week.

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